Most people who buy a Fire TV Stick just want to plug it into their TV and start watching. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus does that, but it also handles 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ if your TV supports it, and Dolby Atmos audio is a nice bonus when you’ve got a soundbar or receiver hooked up. It runs on a quad-core 1.7 GHz processor with Wi-Fi 6, has 8GB of storage, and ships with an Alexa Voice Remote that can also control your TV’s power and volume. Plug the stick into an HDMI port, connect the power cable, pair the remote, and you’re watching something within a few minutes.
Head over to Amazon to get the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus for just $30, down from its usual price of $50. That’s a $20 discount and 40% off.
An easy way to stream your favorite shows and movies anywhere
With the Fire TV Stick 4K, you get access to over 1.8 million movies and TV episodes across apps like Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and Max, though each requires its own subscription. If you don’t want to pay for anything extra, there are over 400,000 free movies and episodes through ad-supported apps like Tubi, Pluto TV, and YouTube. Plus, there’s even live TV available as well.
Fire TV search can find movies by an actor’s name, a movie plot summary, a movie quote, or just about anything else that comes to mind. For example, you can tell Alexa, “Give me action movies with car chases.” Alexa will then show you all your options. I wouldn’t say this works perfectly each time. However, it is much quicker than searching through menus when you don’t know exactly what you want to watch.
The Xbox app on the stick lets you play Fortnite for free, and if you have Xbox Game Pass, you can stream games like Call of Duty and Hogwarts Legacy through cloud gaming. Amazon Luna is another option. Prime members get a rotating library of games and about 25 party games where your phone works as a controller. You’ll need a Bluetooth controller for most of the Xbox titles, but the gaming side of this stick has gotten a lot more interesting than it used to be.
Wi-Fi 6 on a streaming stick matters more than it sounds. If your house has a bunch of devices on the same network, Wi-Fi 6 helps the stick maintain a steady connection on either the 2.4 or 5 GHz band without buffering. You do need a compatible router to see that benefit, though. Also, if your router supports Wi-Fi 6E, Amazon recommends the 4K Max instead.
With the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus, you’re getting 4K streaming with Dolby Vision and Atmos, cloud gaming through Xbox and Luna, an Alexa remote that doubles as a TV controller, and Wi-Fi 6. That’s a lot of capability for a device that normally lists at $50, and the current $30 deal brings it down to a price that’s hard to pass up.